SOC Analyst- L3

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
In-Office
Entry level
Information Technology • Consulting • Cybersecurity
The Role
Leads advanced threat hunting, complex incident investigations, malware and intrusion analysis, detection strategy development, and response coordination. Improves detection rules, monitoring coverage, playbooks, security controls, compliance alignment, and incident readiness. Provides technical guidance and mentoring to L1/L2 analysts while supporting SOC reporting, metrics, process improvement, and operational decision-making.
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We are seeking a technically strong SOC Analyst L3 to handle advanced threat hunting, complex incident investigations, detection strategy, and technical leadership. The candidate should be capable of leading investigations, developing advanced detection capabilities, guiding analysts, and driving continuous improvement across SOC operations.

Key Responsibilities
· Lead advanced threat hunting and investigate sophisticated security incidents.
· Perform detailed analysis of malware activity, lateral movement, privilege escalation, persistence, and potential data exfiltration.
· Develop detection strategies, correlation logic, and advanced security use cases.
· Review and improve existing detection rules, monitoring coverage, and incident response playbooks.
· Lead incident investigations and coordinate response activities across security and IT teams.
· Identify recurring threats and recommend preventive and corrective security controls.
· Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentoring to L1/L2 analysts.
· Support SOC leadership with incident reporting, operational metrics, and process improvements.
· Drive incident response readiness, documentation quality, and compliance alignment.
· Contribute to security framework implementation and audit-related activities.
· Support team leadership, prioritization, and operational decision-making as required.

Must-Have Skills
· Advanced threat hunting and security event analysis.
· Complex incident investigation and response coordination.
· Detection strategy, engineering, and use-case development.
· Strong SIEM and security platform knowledge.
· Security frameworks, compliance awareness, and process improvement.
· Technical leadership, analytical thinking, and communication skills.

Preferred Certifications
· CISSP.
· CompTIA Security+.
· CCIE Security or a relevant CCIE security specialization.
· Other relevant cybersecurity certifications.

Skills Required

  • Advanced threat hunting and security event analysis
  • Complex incident investigation and response coordination
  • Detection strategy, engineering, and use-case development
  • Strong SIEM and security platform knowledge
  • Security frameworks, compliance awareness, and process improvement
  • Technical leadership, analytical thinking, and communication skills
  • CISSP certification
  • CompTIA Security+ certification
  • CCIE Security or relevant CCIE security specialization
  • Other relevant cybersecurity certifications
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The Company
HQ: Dallas, TX
167 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

For over 24 years Prudent Technologies & Consulting has been helping customers secure the technical and functional resources needed to deliver mission-critical IT & Business initiatives. What started as an IT Consulting company providing premium IT staffing services on a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire basis in the US, has grown to include full service IT Consulting specialty practices in three key technology verticals: Data Sciences, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise CRM. Prudent’s specialty practices are built on strong partnerships with best of breed technology firms, including Salesforce, Splunk, Cylance, McAfee, Symantec, and Databricks. At Prudent we pride ourselves on our ability to tailor the best solution to meet our customer’s needs. From augmenting an IT team with a qualified consultant, to delivering an end to end software solution, our goal is always to help our customers execute critical business and IT initiatives. We are always on the lookout for innovators! We strive to hire the best people to work on our exciting projects and teams. We offer our staff a great compensation package, work-life balance, benefits, 401K, holidays, PTO, career paths, teamwork, awards & recognition and much more. WINNER: Dallas Business Journal’s - 2015 Best Place to Work! Come join the Prudent family and let’s have fun creating innovative solutions for our clients!

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